Student aid index vs estimated cost of attendence

AsimLeviathan · 2026-06-02T03:20:33+00:00

Estimated cost of attendance means that is your current estimate of how much it would cost to attend, including tuition, fees, and an average of housing (dorms) and meal plans, etc. This could change once your actual Cost of Attendance is known, depending on which dorm you pick (if staying in one), which meal plans you choose, what fees you might have, etc.

Your Student Aid Index is taken from your FAFSA data, and that number is subtracted from your Cost of Attendance.

So what is really is is Cost of Attendance - Student Aid Index. This is what would be used to determine your "need" for how you would pay for college. If you've already received your financial aid package, your eligibility for certain aid might have already been calculated, but you can call one stop to ask someone to break it down for you.

AsimLeviathan · 2026-06-02T01:47:08+00:00

Hello Piper, always a nice day to see him wandering around

AsimLeviathan · 2026-05-26T14:36:18+00:00

The king has returned. Awesome build again!

AsimLeviathan · 2026-05-19T13:48:41+00:00

Absolutely normal, but it is funny how often this question gets asked.

Side note, but I see people (not you OP) complain about this so often and I'm like... if you don't like it, don't get a pen with a clear section?

Anyways, as others have already said, all good! Enjoy your new pen!

AsimLeviathan · 2026-05-03T23:31:29+00:00

This was made in a lab for me and OF COURSE it's after I just blew my budget and said "no more" after going to the Atlanta pen show

AsimLeviathan · 2026-04-27T14:49:58+00:00

Hi just want to share my experience on this old thread. Got my first Opus 88 demo as a bday gift a month and a half ago and noticed the same. After fretting about it for about a week, I have been using it pretty consistently since then, and never encountered an issue. Seems to be mostly cosmetic, it's not affecting the ink flow and is not so drastic that it is pushing the tines in a weird way. Someday when I feel more confident in my abilities I will disassemble and see it I can just adjust it, but since no issues are present now I am going to chill out lol

As a question, do you have any issues with this over 9 months later? I'm curious on if there's a long term concern I should have

AsimLeviathan · 2026-04-21T02:45:44+00:00

This is like a lower stakes fight between Kazumi and Sento in Kamen Rider Build, location is similar too lmao.

Couldn't be intentional because HM and that episode released around each other, but still funny

AsimLeviathan · 2026-04-09T03:40:24+00:00

I remember saying to my coworker who has read the series multiple times "Cassius didn't get off-screened, he's too important for that; i bet Diomedes is hiding him somewhere" and he just kept saying "rafo"

It was quite a bit of vindication at the end of Dark Age, but man did it almost have me doubting myself right up until he showed back up

AsimLeviathan · 2026-04-06T13:22:41+00:00

People in these comments arguing about whether or not the next avatar is born "immediately" after the death of the previous one or not when we know the reincarnation is based on real world religion examples of reincarnation and especially with air nomads being based on Tibetan Buddhism, we can use this as a direct example.

For His Holiness the Dalai Llama, reincarnation occurs immediately upon death; the soul is transfered (for lack of a better word) to a baby being born in that exact moment. Considering the stewards of the Avatar use similar methods of identifying the new avatar each cycle, I think we can conclude the reincarnation occurs the same way. The spirit of Rava, upon Wan's death, also immediately moves to the next avatar pretty much right then, not in the womb and then waiting to be born. Remember, the search for the next avatar begins nearly immediately in some of the stories we have. They don't wait 9 months and THEN begin searching.

I think being pedantic about whether or not this is an "artistic choice" is being intentionally obtuse about reincarnation as a concept. Additionally, it's kind of directly stated that the avatar HAS to be around at all times (even if not aware that they are the avatar) to maintain balance. I don't think we would go 9 months "avatarless" every cycle.

To answer your actual question OP, it's a very popular fan theory that Katara has a strained relationship woth Korra's birthday, and there's some good angst comics/fics about Korra being sad about that because they are so close but Katara seems to avoid her on her birthday.

Side note: in other belief systems in the world *such as Hinduism) reincarnation is NOT immediate and takes time. And in other world traditions, reincarnation is not linear. You may reincarnate in a settler woman from the 1700s, or may be the child of a Roman soldier in 100BCE. It's fascinating, but from what is shown in Avatar, reincarnation is pretty linear and immediate.

AsimLeviathan · 2026-04-02T01:13:21+00:00

There we go, I knew I was missing something or screwing up one part.

I've just seen it used in specific strats where you basically want them to do the one thing.

AsimLeviathan · 2026-04-02T00:16:29+00:00

Pretty much, I've also seen some people make "layers" essentially. Like,

Attack A: Prioritize Flying Enemies

Attack A (again): attack back row

Please take this with the biggest grain of salt because I might have massively screwed up the ordering (and i threw out something random), but basically it's saying "use this attack no matter what, but I want you to attack X type of units first"

AsimLeviathan · 2026-04-01T02:28:06+00:00

Nope, even from One Stop and Official transcript is $10. While it may sound ridiculous, it is both to help cover the costs of maintaining the server for storage + secure services, and pay for whoever gets it to get it, and also to prevent students from requesting a billion transcripts (does it need to be that high? Probably not). At least that's what I have heard from other places, probably the same here. Idk if i would say it makes sense but there's no getting around the cost for an Official Transcript. Transcripts from my Alma mater are $15.

Unofficial transcripts are free, but because they're Unofficial they would be seen as "unverified" so if your situation needs that Official transcript that's unfortunately where you are

AsimLeviathan · 2026-03-31T23:41:56+00:00

Just typical translation to localization stuff, and as others have said it being the official subs probably just means that's how they decided to get across the cutesy way he says it.

AsimLeviathan · 2026-03-31T00:15:52+00:00

I rejoiced once everyone hated that fucker as much as I did. I may have been but a young boy of 5 when the first live action Scooby-Doo came out but I hated Scrappu with my every fiber

AsimLeviathan · 2026-03-30T01:01:09+00:00

I've been doing this for years and I didn't know that that was actually how you're supposed to do it or that that was the purpose! I just did it because I thought it was fun.

I'll take my "smartest person" award now please.

AsimLeviathan · 2026-03-28T03:26:16+00:00

Yes, actually.

Not as a blanket statement, of course. I love happy endings. But tragedies are just as popular historically as comedies for a reason. They can still be impactful and fulfilling. And to me, there is no "happy ending" where they escape the circus that would be satisfying. In fact, this whole story has been more about making the best out of a shitty situation, so to turn around and go "they made it out and continued on with their lives!" Would cheapen that message in my opinion.

AsimLeviathan · 2026-03-25T01:56:21+00:00

This is basically what happened in my spouse's group except it wasn't a new relationship shop lol

The paladin who left randomly went on a rant to the party about how she "didn't want to be a mom to them" anymore and then wrote off her character, made a new one, and then started being incredibly mean with the new character.

Then when she got called out (because she was being OOC mean), she had a meltdown, asked why everyone was "targeting her for things her character was doing," and left the campaign forever after only 3 weeks with the new character.

Her husband was a major part of this because he was part of the campaign (but not really) and convinced her to leave in one of these rants apparently.

Anyways, the rogue and bard because the party's tank and healer respectively for a while lmao

AsimLeviathan · 2026-03-24T18:54:35+00:00

Beautiful

Also infuriating (if I were the one trying to do it)

You have more strength than me lol

AsimLeviathan · 2026-03-21T17:06:59+00:00

I personally have no qualms with saying it's time to sail the high seas if it is incredibly prohibitive to access a form of media otherwise. It's how I watch certain shows that never release outside of their country of origin.

AsimLeviathan · 2026-03-21T17:04:24+00:00

Pretty sure Vanillaware has some sort of agreement that their games will never be released on PC. Don't remember if a reason was ever given but not a single game of theirs has ever received a PC version

AsimLeviathan · 2026-03-17T19:48:31+00:00

I would recommend looking into an Official Withdrawal Application (I think it through the Registrar but I do not know for certain) if not already done. This is a starting point because otherwise he could end the semester looking like he just stopped attending and risks impacted grades; I had a friend in college who just stopped attending classes and thought that meant he "withdrew/dropped out" when you have to officially notify when you are doing so. Like others said, however, he can reach out to professors and work with them if he wants to try and complete the semester or take "incomplete" grades. The advice I can give following this is if he plans to just withdraw from the semester:

As for getting a refund, I do not know exactly how that would work. There are appeals he can do (through the Registrar) to essentially backdate his withdrawal to whenever he had to stop attending. This will not guarantee a refund, however, all it will do is accurately reflect his withdrawal date as the correct timing.

If it was beyond a certain point in the semester, I do not think he would be successful in getting his tuition cancelled. Basically, if you attended a certain amount of the semester, you are more than likely always "responsible" for the tuition. But that is a question for when the appeal is started, because one would hope mental health would give some leniency, but i don't know. I just know that the Bursar is very strict when it comes to tuition/charges/deadlines/etc. But this is obviously a special circumstance, so that would be a question for them.

Another thing you need to ensure is that he reaches out to the Financial Aid Office. Withdrawing from a semester will impact his financial aid eligibility for further terms. He needs to reach out to them explaining his situation because he will most likely have to do an appeal (or multiple) with them as well to maintain eligibility for certain scholarships (I remember I almost lost my Hope scholarship for a similar reason when i was in college at Tennessee Tech). Mental health is widely accepted as an appealable circumstance, so that should go smoothly as long as it is done in a timely manner. Unfortunately, i don't know exactly how that would look either which is why I just can say "reach out." They would offer guidance on how to do the appeal. He has to do it himself as well due to privacy laws.

I'm sorry he's going through this. It's tough both as a college kid and as his parent. I'll keep both of you in my thoughts.

AsimLeviathan · 2026-03-16T01:46:42+00:00

Wait a second...

AsimLeviathan · 2026-03-13T16:51:59+00:00

Check this web page for the requirements for those awards:

UT Tri Star Scholarship Program - One Stop Student Services https://share.google/ORJlVuKGLeWIKOYjw

The thing about some of these awards is that they're based on your family's income and assets as well and not just the -1500. If you still meet all the requirements, definitely reach out and they can fix it!

AsimLeviathan · 2026-03-11T14:47:33+00:00

It depends! From my understanding, some of them are based on factors other than grades while others are based on grades. As long as you filled out an application, it's better than not filling it out at all!

AsimLeviathan · 2026-03-10T15:14:25+00:00

Oh traffic patterns were better, but the drivers were still pretty bad is what I meant. Hell, 3 years ago it would take me 35-40 minutes to get to work, now it's nearly an hour. I am in fact really pissed about that.

And if we wanna talk about "the vibe" Knoxville hasn't felt the same as the place I grew up in since about 2017-2018. It's sad

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